1985

1990

A newly elected parliament in Lithuania declared its independence from the Soviet Union.

1993

Janet Reno won unanimous Senate confirmation to be the first female U.S. Attorney General.

2004

Over 200 people were killed and over 1,400 were injured when bombs exploded in Madrid train stations. Al-Qaeda took responsibility for the attacks.

2011

Japan is hit by an enormous earthquake that triggers a deadly 23-foot tsunami in the country's north, about 230 miles northeast of Tokyo. Cooling systems in one of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station fail shortly after the earthquake, causing a nuclear crisis.